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Ituslncss Cards of "ne square, with paper. £.>■ j JOI3 WOHK of all kin Is neatly executed, and at prices to suit he times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB WORK must be i aid for, when ordered. fttjitifss fotirs. -i R.AiAV E LITTLE, ATTORNEYS AT L\ LAW Offlce on Ti-.ga street, Tunkhannock da. HS. COOPER. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON ■ N'ewlou Centre, Luz.crin* < ounl> la. /~1 EO S. TITTTON. AT7O tNEY AT LAW \T Tunkhonnock, Pa. UtS en Stark's Brn k ock, Ttoga t-neet. TXTM. M. I'IATJ, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 0 \\ fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tuns bannock. Pa ©if fSuebltt s)ousf, O w C ww UARKISUriIG, PKNNA. The und isigned hiving lately pur- haeed the " BUEHLER 11M'SE " property, has already com ni-nced sa h alterritiom an I improvements as will Tender this old and popular House equal, if not su[- rior, to anv'Uo el in the Citv of Harriliurg. A' continuance of the public patronage is relpect fullv solicited. ' GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUN Wit \N NOt'ix. V !>*f i NC; €'.. I* V rHIS est ihliihnietit has retell*!} t■ . n refittt a, furnished in the latest style Even attention •rill he given to th comfort and convenience ol those w'eo patronise the Houe. T. B WALL, Owner aod Proprietor . Tunkhannock, September 11, IS6I. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wn, ||. CGRTRIGHT, I'rop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to render the house an agreeable place ot sojourn for all who may favor it with their custom. Win II CORTRIGHT. June,3rd, 1663 pfans jDotel, TOWAJVIDA. RA. p. B- BARTi.ET, (Late oil. w BRAINAKD Horse, Elmira, N Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i one of tne LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country It ie fitted up in the most modern and improved style, and no pains are spired to make it a pleasant arid agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n2l. ly CLARKMEEiIaf.&fO., HAND K ACTTRK KS AND WHoLCSALK DEALERS IN LADIES', MISSES' & DENTS' iilkattoCTissimm J)ats AND JOBBERS IN HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS. PARASOI.S AN 1) U MBKELLAS. BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 349 BHOAEWAY, CORNER OF LEONARD STREET, HJBW W^StiS. B.F.CLARK, a A. c KBENET, y g. LITEE-NEY. M; GILMAN, ' DENTIST, K,_ J - Spf ■_ a C OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk j L hannock Borough, and respectfully tenderhi professional services to the citiiens of this placeund •nrrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIT HON. Office over Tntton's Law Offi.-e near the Post Office NEW TAILORING SHOP The Subscriber having had a sixteen years prac tical experience in cutting and making clothing, now offers his services in this line to the citizens of NICHOLSON and vicinity. Those wishing to get Fits will find his shop the place to get them. J ° lL ' *■*""" A LOVE AFFAIR DOWN EAST. SKETCHED ACCORDIN' TO NATUR.' I've heerd folks say that the wimudn was contrary. Wall, they is a little so; hut if you manage 'em right—haul ii here and let tm out there —you can drive '<-m along without whip or tpur, just which way you wish 'ein to go. When I Lvt d down at Elton, then- was a good many fust rate gals down there, hut I didn't teke alikiti' to any of 'em till Squire Cummins cum down there to live. I lie square hat! a mightv pt**tty daster. 1 said Mim of the gals were fust rate, hut Naucy CnmmiYu was fust tate and a leetle more. There was many dressed finer arid looked grander, hut there was something jamup about Nancy, that they didn't hold a candle to If a teller seed her once he couldn't look at another gal for a week. — I tnk a likin to her right ofi", and we got a- thick as thieves. We used to go to the same meetin', and sot in the s. nn paw. It took me to find satms and liytns for her; and we'd swell 'em < ut in a manner shock in' to hardened sinners; and then we'd mosey hum together, while the gals and fellers kept a look in on us as though they'd like to mix in. I'd always stay to supper ; and the way she could make injun cak s. and the way I could slick em* with raerlas scs and put Vm away, was nothin' to no- V>ly. She was dreadful civil tew; and always gettiu' somethin' nice for tne. I was up to the hub in love, a.id was goin foi it like a locomotive. Well, things went on in this w.iy for a spell, til! she had me tight enough Then she begun to show off, kinder independent like. T r t en I'd go to meetin' there was no room in the pi-w ; then she'd cum and she'd streak J off with another chap, and leave me >uck in' my finger at the door. Instead of stiPk in' to me as she used to do, she got to cut iiu'round with all the other fellers, just as if >he eared nothin'about me no more none whatever. 1 got considerably riled —and I thought 1 mite as w ell * um to the end of it at once ; s*> down 1 went to have it out with lor. There was a hull grist of feih rs there. Thev seemed mighty quiet till I went in; then sh> got talkin'all manner of nen-ense. Said nothin' to ine, and darned little of that. I tried to keep rnv dander down, hut it warn't any use—l k pt moviit' about as if 1 iiad a pin in my trowsers; I sweat us if I had leen thr.ishin'. Mv c!— lai hung down a- if it had been htjng over my stock to dry. I cothbi't stand it; s<> I civaxd out as quh'klv as 1 could, for 1 se-d 'twas no ne to sn nothin' to her. I went st'aight to bed, ;* en slitin of me, and now I'll si te her. U'hat's sass for the goose is pass for the imnder. Well, I went no more to Nuicy's. T e next Sunday I slicked up, HI d 1 dew say, when I got my fixinsoti, I took theshi*e cleai off any specimen of human natttr' in *nir parts. About meetin' time I p t off to Mr. Elthum Dodge's. Patience Dodge was •is nice a gal as you'd see twixt h**re anil yonder, any more than she wasn't just like Nancy Cummins. Ephraim Mu-sey had used to go and see her ; he was a ch vei teller, but he was dredfbl jelus. Well, I went to meetin' with Patience, and set right afore Nancy. I ddn t set my eyes on her till after meetin'; she had a feiler with her who had a blaz* n red head, anil legs like a pair of compa-ses ; she had a face as h-ng as a thank-giving dinner. I know'd who she was thirikin' about, at d it wus 11 the chap with the red head, nuther. Wrll, I got to boein' Patience about a spell. Kept my eye on Nancy ; seed how the cat was jutnpin' ; she didn't cut about like she did and looked rather solemnly ; she'd gin her tew eyes to kiss and make up. 1 kept it up till 1 liked to have got into a muss about Patience. The critter thought I was goin' arter her for good, and got as proud as a tame turkey. One day Eplie cutr down to our place lookin'as railty as a niilishy officer on a trainin' day. "Look here," sez he, as loud as a 6mall elaj) of thunder, "Setb Strokes, I'll be darn ed—" 41 Hallow !" sez I, "what's broke !" "V\ liv," sez he, "I cum down to hev sat isfaetiou abnut Patience Dodge. Her** I've b**eii c iirtin' her ever since last year, and she was just as good as mine, till vou cum to goin' arter her, and now I can't touch her with a forty-foot pole." "Whv." sez I, ' what on arth are y man I never seed anything so awful pooty ! I •ook rite holt of in r hand. " Ye?, or no," sez I, "lite off. ' * 4 Yes." sez she. "That's your sort," sez I, and I give her a buss and a hug. I soon fixed matters with the Squire. — We M>on hitched traces to t r ot in double harness f r life, and I never had cause to repent my bargain. WITT CHILDREN DlE. —The reason why children die is because they are not taken care of. From the flay of their birth they are stuff, d with food, choked with physic, suffocated in hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So much for indoors. IFhen permitted to breathe a breath ot air once a week in summer, and once or twice during the coldest months, only the nos ■ is permit t dto per into da\light. A little later the\ are sent out with no clothes at all. as to the parts of the body which most needs protection. Bare legs, bare arms, hare n< cks, girted middles, v ith an inverted um brella to collect the air and chill the other parts of the body. A stout, strong mart g*.es out on a cold day with gloves and over coat, woolen stoekens. and thick, doub led soled boots. The same day a child of three rears old. an infant in flwslt and blood, bone and constitution, goes out with soles as thin as paper cotton socks, legs uncov ered to tin* knees, neck hare; an expo-ure which would disable the nurse, kill the mother ir. a fortnight, and make the father an invalid for weeks. And why? To harden them to a mode of dress which they are never expected to practice. g&T' In Hungary, during a recent hear hunt, a savage she hear had just been mor tally wounded, when all at once a young git l about twelve yeats of aue. rushed out of the thicket at.ne ol the boys spoke to him with out coming up to his honor s idea of defer ence. "Young man I fine von five dollars for contempt of Court." "You are not in ses.-ion ' "This Court," responded the Judge, thoroughly irritated, "is always in session, and consequently always an object of contempt!" There was disorder in the court as his honor pased on. "Ugh! 11 im great man ! Big brave lake tnanv scalps," said an Indian, seeing • window full of wigs. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS AND THE PHILADELPHIA CONVEN TION. The following private letter from Alex ander 11. Stephens appears in the Wash ington Intelligencer: CRAWFOHDSVILLE, Ga., July 23, 1866. Hon. Montgomery Blair, Washington D. C. : DEAR SIR Your letter of the 17th in stant is before me. I thank you heartily for it. No man in the United States did, or eould, more cordially approve or in dorse the objects of the proposed Union Convention at I'hiladelohia, as. I under stood them, than I did; and yet, from considerations of expediency, I doubted the propriety of my taking an active part in it. I was also in doubt, to some extent, whether, with other views on the part of those who made the call, the words were not phrased in the call so as to exclude all who occupied a similar po-iti-.n to my own, and from otliei considerations than those which had occurred to me. Your letter relieves me from the last class of doubts, hut those of the other class still exi r to live on this Continent. Tin re are ntfiny personal embarrassments or difficulties in the way of my going to the Convention ; these I alluded to before hut lam resolved io be there, if I can. In no event shall it ever be truthfully said of me that I failed to do everything in my power to save the country and its institu tions. I did, in 1860, exert my efforts to their utmost extent to avoid the late most lamentable war, and to save the Union on constitutional principles wit' out a conflict of arms. This I did, too, while many of those now so clamerons for what they call "the Union tsuise," were giving encour agement. at leas r . to the extreme men at the South, bv clearly and decieedly hitima tug. if not fully expressing, a perfect wiil ingn--s. on their pait, that "the Union might slide, ' if lie- people of the South so wdh-d it. 1 was even taint l d with endeav oring to liohl our people on to a Union that was no longer cared for by the leading men of the dominant party of the North. I withstood these taunts, even when I knnv, or was informed truly, as I believed, jl a there was at organized body of men, in Savannah to seize the Custom House, Fort I'ulaski, &c., in case the State did not secede. All this f stated to you, and to which you allude in your letter before ine. Nor should I have anv hesitancy in stating it to the public if any public good could thereby h-> effected. The public good is my only object. llow best to sub serve that consistently with truth, honor and uprightness, is the only question with inc. I'etsonal interests have no influence with use whatever; at least, I think so and may be excused for saying so. Had j I been governed by personal feelings I \ should have had nothing to do with the j late troubles further than entering mv ear nest protest against them, and had'l been governed by personal feeling I should Hot now he in the situation I am. If the Un ion shall be restored under the Constitution as I earnestly desire to see it done, ami 1 am willing to do all I can toward that end, it is my fixed purpose to retire from all connection with public affairs, so that while it would seem that my present ef forts are tending to a result in which I have more or les- personal interest, that is, my admission into Congress, yet I assure you never expect or intend to hold that position long, even if the seat should he awarded to me. Yours, truly, " A. 11. STEPHENS. POOR COMFORT. —The attempted resur rection in New Orleans ot the Louisiana Convention of 1864, which has happily been dead and buried for two years, was the cause of the late riot in that city.— The purpose of those seeking to recall this convention to life is to co-operate with the Radicals in Congress in securing a pie tended ratification by Louisiaua of the Con stitutional Amendment. We have already referred to it as a very stupid effort toi bring about an impossibility ; but the fol lowing irreverent opinion of I'haddeus Ste vens upon the subject is more explicit in denunciation of the movement titan any thing we have yet seen. An agent of the convention having called upon Ste vens, in Washington, in order to receive '"is countenance in the project, was met with the following answer : "What ? revive that d d bogus con cern of Banks! Sir, it never was legally born ; it was a ba-tard. I never would have anything to do with it while alive, and now, that it is dead, it may stay , ' where it belongs." &W A little g;rl, hearing her mother observe to ano her lady that she was go ing ir.to half iuiurniug, inquired whether •Dy of bar relatione were half dead. A MOTHERS LOVE. Some years ago, some English officers camping in the vicinity of Mulkapoor,went out tiger hunting, and bagged a splendid tigress. Whilst returning home with the trophy, they found in a secluded spot, in the lee of a jagged rock, what evidently was the lair ola tiger, for there lay bones of both human and brute kind. and shreds and rags of clothing. More inter esting than all, however, was the discovery of a tiny kitten, not more than a fortnight old, coiled in a corner, winking and blink ing and gaping at the intruders. The hunters at once decided that this must be the cub of the beast they had slain, and willingly took charge of the little orphan. Tiger kittens are not captured every day, so when tne hunters returned to their quarters, the excitement in their tent was considerable. The newly acquired kitten was provided with a tiny dog-collar and chain, and attached to the tent-pole,r mnd which it gamboled,to the deiightof an audi ence numbering nearly twenty. About two hours after the capture, however, and ju-t as it was growing dark, the good peo in the tent were checked in the of their hilarity by a sound that caused the the bravest lieait to beat rather irregular b'- , . . It was the roar, or rather combination of shriek and roar, peculiar to the tiger when dtiven mad with rage. In an instant the gionholiog kitten became every inch a tiger and strained with all its baby strength at | the tether, while it replied, with a loud wail, to the tettilde voice outside. The company were panic stiickeh. There was som thing so sudden and unearthly in the roar, that it seemed as though the great tan r, brought in an hour before, had come to life again. Certain'}*, the tiger in ques tion was already flayed, but the picture con jured up. became not the more pleasant for that. There was, however, not nearly so much time for speculation to the stored company as writing these lines has cost; for almost simultaneous with the roar,there leaped sheer into the center of the tent, a bold tigress, and without deigning to notice a single man there, she caught ' er kidnap ped baby by the nap of its neck,and giving a jerk, snapped the little chain, and turn ing lor the tent door, trotted off at full speed. After al ,it appeared that the lit tle thing did not belong to the tiger that was slain, hut to the brave mother that had tracked and recoveied it. Sanguinary man-eater as she may hav been, one cau he scarcely sorry to hear that not a gun was leveled at the great rejoicing creature Mi -he bore ofi" her young oiTU. and that she got clear off. THE LAUGH OF TTOMAN*. —A woman has no natural gift more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It is like the sounds of flutes on the water. It leaps from her in a clear, spaikling rill; and the heart that hears it feels as if bathed in the ccol, ex hilirat.ug spring. Have you ever pur sued an unsetn fugitive through trees, led on by a fairy laugh - now here, now there, now lost, now found? We have ; and we are pursuing that wandering voice to this day. Sometimes it comes to us in the midst of care, or sorrow, or irksome busi ness, and then we turn away and listen, and hear it ringing in the room like a silvi-r bell, with power to scare away evil spirit of the mind. How much we owe to that sweet laugh ! Ii turns prose to poetry; it flings flowers of sunshine over the datk ness of the wood in which we are traveling; it touches with light even our sleep,which is no more than the ttnage of death, but is consumed with dreams that are the shadows of immortality. QUEER THINGS DONE IN TTPE.—A laughable mir-tak*' is made in the following mixing of two articles —one concerning a preacher, the other about the freaks of a mad dog—which occurred in a hurried "make up ' in a printing office : "The Rev, James Thompson, rector of St, Andrew's church, preached to a large concourse of people on Sunday last. This was hi l4 last si-rtuon In a few weeks he will bid farewell to his congregation, as his physician advises him to cross the At -1 *ntic. He exhorted his brethren and sisters, and after the conclusion of a short prayer, took a whim to cut up some fran tic feats. He ran up Trinity street the college. At this stag*'of the proceedings a couple of bovs seized him and tied a tin kettle to his tail, and he again started. A crowd collec ed, and for a lime there was a grand scene f running and confusion. After a long race he was finally shot by a policeman.' A loafer, who had been noisy, was brought before a justice's court. His hon or told him to pay over $5 for his fine, "G-c-ant d*> it," muttered lie; "a-a-ain't got the p p-pewter." "Are you a married man ?" inquired the justice, "N-n-n-not exactly so f-f-far gone yet sir." "Well, I will have to send you to the workhouse," "T-t-t-taint rothun' tu go there, b b but when you talked about m-m-marnage, old fellow, you f-frightened me !" (3F It was a starving corset maker who thus vented her miserable complaint:— "Shame that I should be without bread,aft er I have stayed the stocuachs of thous ands." TERMS, SB.OO FEEL AJOTn3M ACCOUNTS OF THE CROPS. —The abstract of crop returns for July, jnst iisued froto the Department of Agriculture at Wash ington shows the prospect of a pear of av erage fruiifulness. The present indications as marked by thousands of correspondent,* of the Department, point to an average of about eight and a half tenths of an aver age crop m quantity of of wheat, of a qual ity that will make it equal in value to last year's crop. The testimony from all quar ters renders it certain that the quality will be excellent. The showing is much more favorable than in the June report. Winter barley ®is in very nearly the samtf condition as the wheat. The oat crop has been unusually good— almost beyond precedent The condition of pastures is generally above the average. With the exception of Maine and Ne# Hampshire, every State reports a greater breadth of corn thau usual, A somewhat d|mi?hed average 6f sorg hum is indicated. There is nearly an average breadth of of flax. In every State mote potatoes than usual were planted, which promises better than usual. The prospect for apples is not as good "as usual, and no fru.t upon the list makes so poor a showing as peaches. Accounts from Upper Canada agree l that ihe prospects of an abundant harvest j were never more favorable than they are , this s**a>on. Except the fall wheat, which • ;w as injured by the wet cold weather IU j spring, the grain crops will bo above an ! average. The Morals of Washington under Radical Rule The Washington correspondent of the N. \. Watchman, a religious journal, thus depicts the state of morals at the National Capitol ur.der radical rule: Licentious and drunkenness are the I r xningnt features of Washington life thia season. Members of Congress spend their j afternoons and evenings in billiard and drinking saloons, and their nights in houses of ill fame or assignation. Five sevenths of the Republican members of Congrese i spend their nights in licentious dissipation. Ii inle the majority ot the Democratic mem bers are working for the good of the Coun- I try, the opposition, relying on its majority,* , goes in for a "good time," so called. Wash : ington, under Abolition auspices, is the 1 most licentious, depraved city in the Union. | Drinking saloons, gambling houses, houses or pio-tiiution ami ass gnation are about i the Capitol as side shows are about a cir ; cus. Harlots and niggers occupy the gal leries, smile on their pet members on the floor, and throw kisses to the "God and morality" representatives of honest consti tuencies. Sad, sad indeed, but every word true. Let us hope that the next election will send here a different class of men. MALCOLM. Heart says in his "speeches" that "negro suffrage is not now a question," but i he don t say how he is on that question.— | All his organs—with a few exceptions—de clare, also, that "negro suffrage is not now a question, but why ? Because there is no amendment striking the word "white" ont of the U onstitution of I'ennsvlvTnia to be voted upon at the coming election.— I That is their only reason ; bnt, notwith standing. negro suffrage is now an issue before the people. Should the Gearyites succeed in quietly electing a majority of the Legislature, at the coming election, one of the first acts next winter will be the pas sage of an amendment to enable negroes to vote. There is no doubt whatever of this. And if Geary shall occupy the Governor's chair his assent will he given to every ne gro measure enacted. Besides this, negro suffrage has become a national question, through the p rsistent agitation of the par ty in which Geary is attached. Seeing that political power is departing from them, their greatest efforts are being made to force negro suffrage at the South, through amendments to the Constitution, and by means of irresponsible and revolutionary conventions, such as that which met at New Orleans on the 30th ult. The leaders of the Geary party want the negro vote to maintain supremacy at Washington. Gea ry, therefore, dare not deny that negro suf frage i> the question at the South and that he is in favor of it. Negro suffrage and equality at the South mean negro suffrage and (quality in Pennsylvania. Hence he who favors one is committed to the other, j Geary is upon a negro platform. VOL. 6 NO. 2. THE PURE HEART.—The springs of ev erlasting life are within. There are clear streams gushing up trom the depths of the soul, and flowing nut to enliven the spheres of outward existence. Hut like the waters of Siloam, they, "go swiftly." You must listen to catch the silvery tone of the lit tle rill as it glides from its silent march through the green vale, but its course will be in the fresh verdure and opening flow ers; its presence will be k.iown by the forms of life and beauty that gather around it. It is ever thus with the pure. You may not hear the "still, small voice," or head the silent aspirations, but there is a moral influence and a holy power which yon will feel. The wilderness is made to smile, flowers ot new life and he utv spring up and flourish, while an invisible presence breathes immortal fragrance through tbe atmosphere.